The competing yachts at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo, Sardinia were greeted this morning with blue skies and sunshine but unfortunately no breeze. Due to the complete lack of wind, at 13.30 pm the Race Committee wisely decided to call off racing which meant there were no changes in the overall positions since yesterday. After a week of racing, the Russian and Italian team on board the swan 60, Bronenosec came first in the Mini Maxi cruising division.
The Mini Maxi class provided some great action and tough competition for the team. The windward leeward legs at the beginning of the week were some of the best of the week for the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club yacht with immaculate sail handling and spot-on tactics.
“This has been a fantastic week of racing in a setting that is hard to match,” noted Vladimir Liubomirov, owner of Bronenosec and Commodore of Saint Petersburg Yacht Club. “We had three factors working in our favour: excellent crew work, smart tactics and a great boat. We went out to sail clean and enjoy ourselves. Our cruising division win, combined with the warm hospitality provided by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and Rolex marks this regatta as a highlight on the world yacht racing calendar.”
Tommaso Chieffi, Coach, added:
“At the beginning of the season when I spoke to Vladimir and Enrico, my brother and Managing Director at Nautor’s Swan who was involved in the project we said that the aim was to do well in Sardinia and the Nord Stream Race as highlight of the season. So we’ve worked all season to put the crew and boat together to be at our best performance in Sardinia. There is still one week to go but we scored well in the Mini Maxi World Championships. We’re also very pleased with our overall performance in the Mini Maxi class as we had some good results over some of the racing boats. We’re looking forward to the Rolex Swan Cup next week. It will be a different week and we’ll be sailing against bigger boats again but we have a very strong team so the hope is high.”
Bronenosec will be hoping to emulate their success at the Rolex Swan Cup starting tomorrow in Porto Cervo.